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Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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vail

/veɪl/ noun, verb, proper noun

Forms vails vailing vailed

  1. noun (obsolete) Profit; return; proceeds.
  2. noun (chiefly in the plural, obsolete) Money given to servants by visitors; a gratuity; also vale.
  3. noun (obsolete) Submission.
  4. verb (transitive, obsolete) To lower, let fall; to allow or cause to sink.
  5. verb (transitive, vexillology) To lower or “dip” a carried flag or banner in a salute by a forward reducing of the angle of the pike/flagstaff with respect to the ground; in extreme instances, as when saluting a monarch, both the banner and the finial of the pike are allowed to rest upon the ground.
  6. verb (intransitive, obsolete, nautical) To lower a sail, in salute or otherwise.
  7. verb (transitive, obsolete) To remove as a sign of deference, as a hat.
  8. verb (intransitive, obsolete) To pay homage, bow, submit, defer (to someone or something); to yield, give way (to something).
  9. proper noun A surname.
  10. proper noun A census-designated place in Arizona, United States.
  11. proper noun A town in Eagle County, Colorado, United States.
  12. proper noun A city in Iowa, United States.

Etymology

From Middle English vayle, from Old French vail, from valoir (“to be worth”), from Latin valeō (“to be worth”).

From Middle English valen; either from Anglo-Norman valer or a clipping of avalen. Compare avale.

The town in Colorado was named after Vail Pass, which in turn was named after highway engineer Charles Vail. The surname likely comes from the obsolete term vail, meaning "submission", of Anglo-Norman origin.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun Same as Veil.
  2. noun Avails; profit; return; proceeds. [Obs.]
  3. noun An unexpected gain or acquisition; a casual advantage or benefit; a windfall. [Obs.]
  4. verb To let fail; to allow or cause to sink. [Obs.]

Etymology [Aphetic form of avail, n.]

Etymology [Aphetic form of avale. See Avale, Vale.]

Sources: Wiktionary · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “vail”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details